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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “auto post”

wp.org orders by popularity, so a plugin a host bundled onto millions of sites, or a big-brand one that's slow and mediocre, can sit at the top. Our ranking is built to answer a different question: which of these is actually worth installing. How this works →

For “auto post”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 of the top 20. 4 plugins are pushed down for signals wp.org ignores: errors, a host-installed base, or removal risk.

wp.org search ranks on

Install count (uncapped), the raw star average, freshness, and support. Popularity dominates, so the biggest install base usually wins regardless of how it got there.

We add

A cap on the install boost, volume-weighted ratings, and signals wp.org can't see: whether it throws errors on current PHP, whether the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Auto Update Post Date shows at wp.org #7 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 2K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WP Telegram (Auto Post and Notifications) places #9 on merit, 5.0★ from 426 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) 40K+ · 3.8★ (119) wp.org #1 2 Custom Post Type UI 1M+ · 4.6★ (276) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 Post SMTP – Complete Email Delivery and SMTP Solution with Email Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App 300K+ · 4.7★ (528) wp.org #3 ↓1 4 Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler 40K+ · 4.5★ (2107) wp.org #4 ↑1 5 Revive Social – Social Media Auto Post and Scheduling Automation Plugin 20K+ · 4.0★ (556) wp.org #5 ↓1 6 SchedulePress – Auto Post & Publish, Auto Social Share, Schedule Posts with Editorial Calendar & Missed Schedule Post Publisher 10K+ · 4.6★ (201) wp.org #6 7 Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal 40K+ · 4.8★ (397) wp.org #10 ↑2 3 too low 8 Auto Upload Images 20K+ · 4.3★ (106) wp.org #8 ↑1 9 WP Telegram (Auto Post and Notifications) 30K+ · 5.0★ (426) wp.org #20 ↓2 11 too low 10 Social Media Auto Poster – Schedule & Publish to Buffer 7K+ · 4.5★ (125) wp.org #12 ↓4 2 too low 11 WP LinkedIn Auto Publish 8K+ · 4.8★ (106) wp.org #9 ↑7 2 too high 12 Ultimate Post Kit – Elementor Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider & Blog Layout Widgets 30K+ · 4.8★ (58) wp.org #13 ↑1 1 too low 13 WP2Social Auto Publish 9K+ · 4.8★ (640) wp.org #22 9 too low 14 Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics 3M+ · 3.7★ (2408) wp.org #24 ↓3 10 too low 15 Bit Social – Social Media Auto Poster and Scheduler 6K+ · 4.5★ (36) wp.org #19 4 too low 16 NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster 20K+ · 3.3★ (617) wp.org #18 ↓1 2 too low 17 Auto Delete Post – Ultimate plugin for deleting a post automatically 300+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #14 ↓3 3 too high 18 Auto Coupons for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.9★ (16) wp.org #23 5 too low 19 AI Auto Post & Image Generator 200+ · 4.8★ (4) wp.org #16 ↓1 3 too high 20 Auto Update Post Date 2K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #7 13 too high 21 Social Post Flow – Social Media Automation, Scheduling, Scheduler, Posting & Auto Post 200+ · 4.2★ (10) wp.org #17 ↑3 4 too high 22 Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #21 1 too high 23 Auto Post Cleaner 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #15 ↓2 8 too high 24 auto-post.io 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↓1 13 too high

Merit ranking caps the install boost at 1M (wp.org leaves it uncapped), replaces the raw star average with a volume-weighted Bayesian score and a Wilson lower bound, and keeps wp.org's own freshness and compatibility decays. Method from the plugin-directory source; see Meta Trac #8298. Positions are tracked daily from the first visit to a keyword, so the small arrows show movement since tracking began.